Search Results - CHENG Fang

Though hybrid rice show heterosis and sterility, their seed characteristics are poorer than those of inbred rice. In order to meet the demand of quality inspection of hybrid rice seed, the micro-configuration of incompletely closed glumes, germinated seeds on panicle, diseased seeds and clipped stig...

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Image analysis of rice seeds should be addressed before an automatic inspecting system can be developed. Such analysis based on Matlab platform was attempted. The main function of the image analysis system include pre-processing single static rice seed image, extracting 23 features of dimension, sha...

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Based on the effects of pH and sample concentration on determination of amylose content of rice sample, a new method for the determination was developed. A multivariate regression equation was formulated which reflects the relation of amylose content to starch concentration and absorbance at 620 nm...

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As the most popular meat resource in China, pork deserves great attention of quality supervision. The quality of pork plays an important role in supporting the qualified daily life, nutrition ingestion and safety of dietary. The nondestructive detection technology is a dominant means for pork qualit...

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Introduction. Heat stroke (HS) can cause many complications, including acute kidney injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. To date, the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) combined with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in the treatment of patients with HS and multip...

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This paper examined consumers’ experiences in and preferences for plant-based meat (PBM) food and their respective correlates, based on data from an online survey of 579 consumers in four major cities in China in early 2021. We first described consumers’ experiences in consuming and purchasing PBM f...

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Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and rapid visco-analyzer (RVA) were applied to determine the difference of gelatinization and pasting properties between the lipidfree and non-lipidfree milled rice flour using 4 early-indica rice grown in both early season and late season. The result showed t...

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Two phenomena in the history of China’s economic growth during the last four decades are the increase in the share of off-farm employment and the progress in poverty alleviation in rural China. Although both of them have been well documented in the literature, less is known about the linkage between...

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Dragon fruit, also known as pitahaya, pitaya, and strawberry pear, is a group of vine-like, climbing cacti. In south Florida, production of dragon fruit has been steadily increasing since the 2000s, and growers in Florida consider dragon fruit as a potential alternative fruit crop to avocado and ci...

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Dragon fruit, also known as pitahaya, pitaya, and strawberry pear, is a group of vine-like, climbing cacti. In south Florida, production of dragon fruit has been steadily increasing since the 2000s, and growers in Florida consider dragon fruit as a potential alternative fruit crop to avocado and ci...

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Genes encoding enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthesis through phenylpropanoid pathway were not only associated with the lignin content, but also related to the abiotic stress resistances. As far as the production of liquid biofuels and cultivation within the marginal land are concerned, switchg...

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Rice grain yield and quality declines are due to unsuitable temperatures from wide regions and various sowing dates. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of temperature on rice yield and quality at different phenological periods and obtain suitable temperatures for phenological periods in the Ya...

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As a crucial characteristic waterfowl breed, the egg-laying performance of Lion-Headed Geese serves as a core indicator for precision breeding. Under large-scale flat rearing and selection practices, high phenotypic similarity among individuals within the same pedigree coupled with traditional manua...

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Given the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a timely study on the impacts of and policy response to the pandemic on rural poverty in China is critically important because China has aimed to completely eradicate extreme poverty by the end of 2020. This paper uses data from the latest round of...

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Background: The Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire-30–General Version (CBQ-30-GV) evaluates multidimensional citizenship behaviors (CBs), yet its measurement invariance across country and gender groups remains unexamined. This study evaluated the measurement invariance of the CBQ-30-GV across countr...

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Amphibians face severe threats from chytridiomycosis, and their skin microbiota plays a crucial role in pathogen defense. However, studies on their mycobiomes are limited. We hypothesized that amphibian cutaneous mycobiomes vary with seasonal variations and host species. To test this hypothesis, we...

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Abstract Prenatal environmental stress damages fetal testicular development, leading to male infertility. However, the precise mechanisms underlying the impact of gestational environmental stress on fetal testicular development require further investigation. This study demonstrates that gestational...

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